The Bombay High Court directed the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) and the Thane civic body Wednesday to reply to a construction firm's plea against a notice to stop work on a land now reserved for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project.
Atlanta Limited had moved the high court last month challenging the notice issued on May 2 by the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), asking it to stop the construction work on its three hectare land near Mumbra town in Thane district.
According to the notice, the building was coming up on the land reserved for the bullet train project spread across three districts of Maharashtra.
The petitioner's counsel, M M Vashi, argued before a division bench of Acting Chief Justice N H Patil and